Top for receptacles.



W. G. KENDALL.

TOP FOR REGBPTACLES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1 12.

Patented Aug, 19, 1913.

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WILLIAM Gr. KENDALL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TOP FOR RECEPTACLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 12, 1912.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

Serial No. 703,267.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. KENDALL, citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tops for Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in non-refillable closures for bottles, cans and the like, and the object of my invention is to provide a closure of the character set forth having a plurality of discharge passages through which the liquid or powder contained in the vessel may pass when the vessel is inverted, and means for automatically closing said passages when the vessel is returned to normal upright position.

A further object of my invention is to provide a closure of the above type in which all of these passages communicate with a cen tral discharge passage which may be closed by the usual cork when the goods are placed upon the market.

A further object of my invention is to so construct the closure that the cork when in position may expand at its lower end to provide an extremely tight closure. And a still further object of my invention is to so arrange the devices for closing the discharge passages that when the cork is in position and expanded it will lock the devices against movement irrespective of the position of the bottle.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and then specifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a part of the present application.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a bottle, showing my improved device applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken through the device; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the device constructed integrally with the neck of the bottle; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, looking toward the open end of the bottle neck.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

My preferred form of bottle closure includes a body member designated as-a whole by the numeral 10, formed of metal, glass, porcelain or other suitable material and having a downwardly depending, annular flange 11 threaded to engage with the threads 12 formed upon the free end of the neck of the bottle 13. The bottle is of the usual type having threads for the reception of a thread ed closure or cap, and the closure, when applied, seats upon the end of the bottle neck, as shown. To prevent the unscrewing of the closure and consequent refilling of the bottle any suitable form of cement may be applied to the threads of the bottle neck and closure. This cement upon hardening will effectively lock the closure in place.

The body 10 of the closure is preferably cylindrical in shape and is formed at its free end with a cylindrical socket or bore 14 which extends throughout about half the length of the body member and the inner end of which is enlarged or undercut to form a chamber 15. The wall of the body member surrounding this socket is provided with a plurality of spaced apart, cylindrical sockets 16 which extend from the free end of the body member to a point slightly above the bottom thereof and which communicate intermediate their length with the periph eral portion of the chamber 15. Perforations 17 establish communication between the bottle and the sockets 16 and form with the sockets annular shoulders 18 for the seating of the cylindrical plugs 19.

The free end or top of the body member is provided with an annular recess surrounding the socket 14 and seated in this recess, is a locking ring 20 which closes the upper ends of the sockets 16 and prevents the dis placement of the plugs 19 when the bottle is inverted. As shown, these plugs 19 normally seat on the shoulders 18 and extend through those portions of the sockets which intersect the chamber 15, thereby preventing the passage of any liquid poured into the socket 14 to the bottle. These plugs however, are so proportioned, that when the bottle is inverted they move into the outer ends of the sockets l6 and no longer extend into the chamber 15, thereby permitting the free passage of liquid or other substance contained in the vessel through the perforations 17 and the lower ends of the sockets 16 to the chamber 15.

Fig. 3 is almost identical in construction with Fig. 2 the dilference being that the closure is formed integrally with the neck of the bottle instead of separately as shown in Fig. 2.

By referring to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, it will be apparent that a stopper or cork of rubber may be inserted in the main discharge passage '14 of the bottle closure and that when so inserted its lower end will expand into the chamber 15 and engage against the plugs 19 locking the same against movement until the stopper has been withdrawn, thereby holding them motion less during transportation and preventing any rattling which might otherwise be caused by the tipping about of the bottle.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a bottle having a neck, of a closure for said neck including a cylindrical body member provided throughout a portion of its length with a central socket having an enlarged inner end and further provided with a plurality of sockets concentrically formed about the first and establishing communication between the bottle and the enlarged lower end of the first socket, and gravity operated valves positioned in said latter sockets and normally cutting off such communication.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with a bottle having a threaded neck, a cylindrical member threaded to engage with the threads of the neck and provided with a centrally positioned cylindrical socket and with a plurality of concentrically arranged sockets positioned about the central socket and with perforations communicating between the bottle and the lower ends of the concentrically arrangedsocl'zets,

the lower end of the central socket being enlarged to communicate with the central portions of the surrounding sockets, cylindrical plugs movable in the surrounding sockets and normally shutting off communication between said sockets and the enlarged portion of the first socket, and means for preventing the disengagement of said plugs from their sockets.

3. The combination with abottle having a neck, of a closure for said neck including a body member having a plurality of concentrically arranged cylindrical sockets 0pening through the outer end of the body member and extending nearly throughout the length thereof, said body member having a plurality of passages, each of which provides communication between the bottle and the inner end of one of the sockets, said body member being further provided with a centrally disposed socket opei'iing by its outer end through the outer end of the body, the inner end of said latter socket being enlarged to form an annular chamber communicating with the first mentioned sockets intermediate their length, a plu rality of plugs seated one in each of the first mentioned sockets and adapted in one posi tion' to close communication between their sockets and said chamber, and a ring secured to the outer end of the body member and closing the outer ends of the first mentioned sockets to prevent displacement of the plugs.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM G. KENDALL. [L.S.:| Witnesses:

FREDERICK M. BOLLES,

HEn'vnY E. lVooDRURN.

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